The Manchester Tech Academy is a professionally-taught vocational course in computer programming for men and women. Our goal is to provide members of the community with the programming skills needed to earn a good and stable living in computing in general and software development in particular. In addition to providing participants with the skills and knowledge to get a job in software development, the management team will be working with local companies in an attempt to secure roles for graduates. From our 2015-7 cohorts above, many are now employed as a direct result of the course.